Teacher Pipeline & Equity: Haverford High’s Leon Smith, named National Teacher of the Year, is now coaching aspiring teachers through Breakthrough Collaborative, sharing lessons learned from confronting racism and building student trust. Student Pathways & Career Discovery: Disney Cruise Line’s “Discover Your Destiny” brings arts integration and career exploration to Eleuthera schools, using real-world cultural spaces to help students see futures in the people they meet. AI-Ready Technical Education: Ghana’s technical universities are urged to overhaul education and research for an AI-driven economy, shifting from memorization to judgment, critical thinking, and problem-solving. New School Capacity: Hampton County School District plans July open houses for its new Hampton County High School, expanding AP, dual enrollment, and career/technical education for 900+ students. Early-Life Health Research: A University of Bergen thesis argues primary teeth can act as a biological archive of prenatal and early childhood exposures, including links to maternal lead levels. Cancer & Clinical Research Infrastructure: UT Austin’s Marissa Nichole Rylander advances tissue-on-a-chip cancer engineering, while Medidata launches an Academic Site Advisory Board to reduce bottlenecks at academic medical centers. Public Health & Aging: Israeli researchers report a simple step-initiation test under dual-task conditions may flag earlier risk of death in older adults. Water & Tech for Access: Yonsei-led researchers unveil a self-powered floating capsule that can check water quality and disinfect microbes without batteries or chemicals. Higher Ed Policy Watch: The White House cleared a rule that could replace “duration of status” with fixed periods for international student stays, forcing more extension requests.